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GGD-76-79 1 (1976-03-29)

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COMPrROL LR CIJNE.AL OF THE UNITICO STATES
           WASHJINCTON. D.C. ?~a I


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ThE Honorable Don Edwards
Chaiima;,, Subcomittee on Civil
  and Constitution.l Right<
Cormittee on the Judiciar     \
House of Representatives


kMAR 2 9 1976


Dear Mr. Chairman:                                       I

     In response to your Subcormittee's reauest, we are furrishing you
herewith our comments on the draft guidelines for ccLtrojling the FBI's
domestic :nteiligence operations which were released on Karch 10, 1976,
by the Attorney General.
     In chapter 11 of our February 24, 1976, report on the F ; domestic
intelligence orzrations, to the Chairman, House Committee on the Judiciary,
and in testimony before your Subcorimittee on the same day, we discussed
the various sections of the lanaary 1976 draft of the Attorney General's
guidelines.
     Our comments on what we consider to be major changes in each section
of the March 1976 draft ouidelines follow.

INITIATING AND CONTI.UING :N, ESTIGATIO:NS

     Prior to March 0, 1976, tne Domestic Security Investigatic-s draft
guidelines contained references tc antiriot law violations and FBI report-
ing on civi, disorcs and demonstrations. The 'arch draft completely
revised this approach with the issuance of a separate set of guidelines
entitled, Reporting on Civil Disorders and Demonstraticns Involving a
Federal interest.

    Basically, these guidelines were designed to separate domescic
security investigations frcm otner F2I functions of gathering information
to (1) assist the President in deermininq whether Federal troops are
requirei at civil disorders, (2) provide limited information to thle
Department of oustice retating to demonstration activities, _.nd (3) pro-
videa information for t-.e -Jrpose cf assisting ti.e Secret Service in its



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